National Treasure

The long awaited sequel to National Treasure was finally released over Christmas break. It had a completely new plot with the same characters and cast. So you didn’t have to see the first one in order to follow along with the sequel.

Nicolas Cage returns to his role as renowned treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates. This time around, the plot is driven by the appearance of a long-lost page from Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth's diary that implicates Ben's great-great-grandfather as a co-conspirator. The only way to clear his ancestor's name, it turns out, is to locate a legendary Native American city of gold known as Cíbola—a city long since regarded as just a fragment of imagination. A series of clues takes Ben on a high-stakes global scavenger hunt that leads from Paris to London, from Washington, D.C., to Mt. Rushmore, and from the desk of the Queen of England to the desk of the President of the United States. Returning to aid the determined explorer on his latest mission impossible are tech guru Riley Poole, ex-girlfriend Abigail Chase and his father, Patrick Gates. Ben's mother, Emily Appleton (who turns out to be one of the world's foremost experts on pre-Colombian civilization) gets roped into the action too. Hot on their heels is the mysterious and deceiving Mitch Wilkinson, who has his own murky reasons for wanting to find the treasure but needs Ben to do the heavy lifting for him. As evidence mounts that Cíbola may actually exist, one final piece of the puzzle remains. Unfortunately, it's locked away in a book of national secrets intended for the president's eyes only. But a trifling thing like presidential secrecy is hardly enough to deter Benjamin Franklin Gates.

This was an excellent movie that I would recommend to anyone in the mood for a little or a lot of adventure. This is a movie that would be enjoyed by all age groups. This movie will bring out the Treasure seeker in you.